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Holodomor Research and Education Consortium Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies · Valentina Kuryliw, Director of Education

620 Spadina Avenue, Toronto, ON M5S 2H4 · (416) 242-5361 vkuryliw@sympatico.ca / hreced@ualberta.ca · holodomor.ca

MuchAnticipatedTeachingResourceontheHolodomorGenocideNowAvailable

TORONTO,CA| June18,2018–WhatdoesateacherneedtobeabletoteachstudentsabouttheHolodomor–thedeliberatestarvationofmillionsofUkrainiansbytheSovietregimein1932-1933?AnewcomprehensiveteachingresourceauthoredbyValentinaKuryliw,DirectorofEducationfortheHolodomorResearchandEducationConsortium,entitledHolodomorinUkraine,theGenocidalFamine1932-1933:LearningMaterialsforTeachersandStudents(308pp.,$49.95CDN)isnowavailableforeducatorsandthegeneralpublic.Targetedateducatorsteachingstudentsinprimaryandsecondaryschools,itfeaturesstand-aloneteachingmaterials,lessonplansandassignmentswithstraightforward,sensibleandbasicinformationabouttheFamine.AsoneofthegenocidesrecognizedbytheCanadian

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government,itwascoveredup,deniedandignoredforoverfivedecades.Thelong-awaitedresourcesitoffersareprimenewlearningmaterialsforstudents.

“Thebookisafirst-of-its-kindresourceforeducatorsthatwasdevelopedforuseinarangeofcoursesandgradelevels.ItprovidesamultidisciplinaryapproachtoteachingtheHolodomorinsocialstudies,mediaandreligiousstudies,socialjustice,theliteraryandvisualarts,historyandgenocide.Itsteachingmethodsandstrategiesfocusondevelopingthestudent’scriticalandhistoricalthinkingskillswhileusinglotsofprimarysources,”Kuryliwsaid.

Printedinfullcolour,therichlyillustratedbookcontainsarchivaldocumentsexcerptedandtranslatedforeaseofuse,timelines,maps,memoirs,photographs,eyewitnessaccounts,age-appropriateliteraryworks,multimedialinksandresourcelistings.Text-dependentquestionsareprovidedforeachresource.Thebookisaccessible,instantlyuseableandpackedwithideasandphotocopiableresources.

“EducatorswillfindHolodomorinUkrainetobeaninvaluableresourcefilledwithengaginglessons,meaningfulassessmentsandthoroughbackgroundinformationaboutUkraine’sgenocide,”writesTamaraKowalczyk,ahistoryteacherwiththeTorontoCatholicDistrictSchoolBoard(TCDSB).

AbouttheAuthor

ValentinaKuryliwisaretireddepartmentheadandhistoryteacherwithover35yearsofteachingexperiencewhohaspromotedawarenessoftheHolodomorandhumanrightsasaneducatorand

activistformostofheradultlife.ThedaughterofHolodomorsurvivors,KuryliwhasadvocatedfortheinclusionoftheHolodomorintheOntariocurriculum,acrossCanadaandbeyondformorethanadecade.ShepublishedabookforUkraineonmethodologyforteachinghistoryandauthored“TheHistorian’sCraft”foundinglessonontheHolodomorMobileClassroomoftheHolodomorNationalAwarenessTour.Thatlessonwontwointernationalawardsforitsvisionaryfusionofeducationalcontent,interactiveteachingmethodologyandinnovativetechnologyintoaseamlessimmersivelearningexperienceforstudents.ValentinaKuryliw’srecentarticle“TheUkrainianGenocide–TheHolodomor,1932-1933:ACaseofDenial,Cover–UpandDismissal”willbepublishedinSamuelTotten’sTeachingAboutGenocide:InsightsandAdvicefromSecondaryTeachersandProfessors,Vol.1inOctoberof2018intheUSA(Lanham,Maryland:RowmanandLittlefieldpublishers).

HolodomorinUkraine,theGenocidalFamine1932-1933willbepromotedwidelythroughaseriesofbooklaunchesandotheractivities.Acomplimentarycopyofthebookwillbedistributedtofacultiesofeducationandschoolboards.ThebookwillbetranslatedintoFrenchandUkrainian.

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ThebookispublishedbytheCanadianInstituteofUkrainianStudiesPress(CIUSPress),UniversityofAlberta,andisaprojectoftheHolodomorResearchandEducationConsortium(HREC).

–WrittenbySophiaIsajiwProductDetailsPaperCover|SpiralBound|$49.95CDN,outsideofCanadapricesareinUSD+applicabletaxesandshippingPublishedbyCIUSPressJune2018|308pages|8.5x11ISBN:978-1-894865-34-0

Toviewdetailsandpurchase:http://education.holodomor.ca/holodomor-in-ukraine-book/

Orderscanbeplaced:onlinebycreditcardviaasecureInternetconnectionatwww.ciuspress.com,bye-mail(atcius@ualberta.ca),bytelephone(780-492-2973)orfax(780-492-4967),orbymail:CIUSPress,430AthabascaHall,UniversityofAlberta,Edmonton,AB,T6G2H8,Canada.InToronto:ThebookcanalsobepurchasedfromtheUkrainianCanadianResearchandDocumentationCentre(UCRDC)bye-mail(atoffice@ucrdc.org),bytelephone(416-966-1819).